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Cupola on the middle section

Cupola on the middle section






Date : 1771

Material : Marble
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Définitif) : 1990, 1999

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Outdoor Architecture
Outdoor architecture (Cupola)

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Postam (Germany)

Description   

The chambers replaced an orangery, which had been built at that site in 1745 on plans by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff and held the terraces' potted plants during the winter months. Ramps, on which the tubs were taken in and out, serve as reminders of the building's original use.

Master builder Georg Christian Unger was commissioned to turn the orangery building into a guesthouse.

The building's basic elements were left alone, as were its size and floor-to-ceiling french doors. The most obvious change was the addition of a cupola on the middle section. The similarities between the architecture of the New Chambers and that of the Picture Gallery are such that the both buildings can be mistaken for the other.

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Palace of Sans-souci :
Picture Gallery
Cupola on the middle section
Cupola
Johann Gottfried Büring
from 1755 to 1764
Cupola on the middle section
Georg Christian Unger
Frédéric II de Prusse (Frédéric le Grand)